>Waste Management is giving $2000 bonuses to hourly employees.
Great, that's like a one time $1 an hour raise. And I wonder how many employees don't meet this criteria.

>A whole bunch of companies announced $1000 bonuses.
.50 cents a hour.

>Now, most of these actions are not permanent. The bonuses are
>likely just one time moves.
Bribes to cloud people's judgement. Remember you got that $1 bonus but when your 70 you'll have to pay tens of thousands of dollars more for your healthcare.

>But these moves combined with increased paychecks coming soon
>definitely make Republican lawmakers look good for the moment.
>It's hard to argue that they fucked you over when cash is
>coming into your pockets

True, unless you can think. And being broke DEFINITELY stops you from thinking - you are reacting more than thinking.

At my job we got a 5% raise across the board - mainly so they could break the union who was demanding more money (we pay our nurses less than other healthcare companies in town.)

No bonuses this year or last, but we used to get a flat $300 around Thanksgiving. Didn't really impact most of my co-workers - but people making less probably used it for Holiday expenses where it helped them a lot. (I believe management has a bonus schedule.)